Drowned World Tour

Drowned World Tour 2001

from Madonna

Presentation album	Music Ray of Light
Beginning of the tour	June 9, 2001
End of the tour	September 15, 2001
Concerts in total	19 in Europe 28 in North America 47 Total 50 Planned
revenue	approximately $ 76 million

Madonna Tour Chronology

The Girlie Show World Tour (1993)	Drowned World Tour (2001)	Re-Invention World Tour (2004)

The Drowned World Tour was the fifth concert tour of the American pop singer Madonna . With the tour she promoted her albums Music 2001 and Ray of Light 1998. During the tour, which took her through two continents between June and September, she played in front of about 730,000 fans in Europe and the USA.

background

After the release of their album "Ray Of Light" in 1998, the "Drowned World Tour" was already planned for 1999, but the tour became due to the shooting of the film The Next Best Thing , the birth of their son Rocco and the work on the music album moved to 2001. While the tour was originally supposed to start in the Kölnarena , Cologne , both concerts there had to be canceled due to technical problems, which resulted in the refund of 35,000 tickets.

success

After the tour ended, $ 76.8 million had been grossed from 47 sold out shows, making the Drowned World Tour the most successful solo artist tour in 2001. The six shows at London's Earls Court Exhibition Center were in record time sold out within six hours. In addition, the ticket exchange received a million calls in the first ten minutes, while around 30 million calls were received by Madonna's ticket hotline. Overall, all shows were sold out within a short period of time.

Madonna opens the show with "Drowned World Substitute for Love".

Madonna sings "Nobody's Perfect".

Madonna during "Gone"

criticism

The tour received mostly positive reviews overall. Cory Moss from MTV. wrote, "Music turns the world, but costumes and theatrics are more fun. Nobody knows that better than the Material Girl. Michael Hubbard Music OMH commented:" ... She performs with a seductive quality that has beguiled us for two decades and this, combined with her excellent music, results in why Madonna is so special. Sal Quinemani of Slant Magazine wrote that the Drowned World Tour proves that Madonna is still unbeaten in her ability to bring cultural iconography into the mainstream. The Independent's Simon Price wrote that the show was a triumph of hydraulics, bungee rope acrobatics, and innovative choreography, but noted that the setlist was largely made up of newer songs and it seemed to him that it was their attempt to frame yourself in the present rather than the past. Alexis Petridis from The Guardian praised the perfect dance routines and special effects, the touch of arrogance and called the "Drowned World Tour" aptly for one of the most successful women in the world.

show

The show itself contained a total of 5 segments: neo-punk, geisha anime, country western, latin and ghetto / urban. Everyone had their own outfits, and for “Neo Punk” the singer wore a black top, short jeans, zippers and holes in bondage style. On the second song of the show, "Impressive Instant", the dancers wore gas masks. “Geisha Anime” was characterized by more dramatic, slower songs like “Nobody's Perfect”, “Mer Girl” and “Frozen”. She wore a black wig, a black and red komeo and at the opening of the segment (on the song "Frozen") had sleeves that were as wide as the whole stage. To "Sky Fits Heaven" the singer flew across the stage with bungee jumping cords. A silver metal throne was also built for the segment, which was much larger than itself, and on the middle platform of which parts of the segment also took place. "Country Western Latin" contained songs with a guitar and she in a cowboy outfit. The singer also danced flamenco for “Latin”. "Ghetto / Urban" also shaped the finale of the show ("Music"), she wore a T-shirt with the inscription (front) "Mother (back) Fucker". Of the total number of songs played, most were from their latest albums "Ray Of Light" and "Music". Only "Holiday" and "La Isla Bonita" were 80s hits, and the omission of their "Like A Prayer", "I'm Breathless" and "Like A Virgin" times was negatively received by the fans. because "Like A Virgin", "Like A Prayer", "Material Girl" and "Express Yourself" were among the hoped-for fan favorites. Even so, the show received positive reviews from fans.

Set list

1. Drowned World / Substitute For Love (contains elements from "Music", "Human Nature", "Impressive Instant" and "Ray Of Light")
2. Impressive instant
3. Candy Perfurme Girl
4. Beautiful stranger
5. Ray of Light
6. Paradise [Not For Me] [video clip]
7. Frozen
8. Nobody's Perfect
9. medley
   1. "Mer Girl"
   2. "Sky Fits Heaven"
   3. "Mer Girl" [reprise]
10. What It Feels Like for a Girl [video clip]
11. I Deserve It
12. Don't tell me
13. Human Nature
14. The Funny Song
15. Secret
16. Gone (replaced by "You'll See" in some US shows)
17. Don't Cry For Me [dancer single player]
18. La Que Siente La Mujer
19. La Isla Bonita
20. Holiday
21. Music

Tour dates

date	city	country	Venue
June 9, 2001	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
June 10, 2001
June 13, 2001	Milan	Italy	FilaForum
June 14, 2001
June 15, 2001
June 19, 2001	Berlin	Germany	Max Schmeling Hall
June 20, 2001
June 22, 2001
June 23, 2001
June 26, 2001	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
June 27, 2001
June 29, 2001
June 30, 2001
4th July 2001	London	England	Earls Court
July 6, 2001
July 7, 2001
July 9, 2001
July 10, 2001
July 12, 2001
North America
July 21, 2001	Philadelphia	United States	First Union Center
July 22, 2001
July 25, 2001	New York City		Madison Square Garden
July 26, 2001
July 28, 2001
July 30, 2001
July 31, 2001
August 2, 2001	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena
August 7, 2001	Boston		Fleet Center
August 8, 2001
August 10, 2001	Washington, DC		MCI Center
August 11, 2001
August 14, 2001	Sunrise		National Car Rental Center
August 15, 2001
August 19, 2001	Atlanta		Philips Arena
August 20, 2001
August 25, 2001	Auburn Hills		Palace of Auburn Hills
August 26, 2001
August 28, 2001	Chicago		United Center
August 29, 2001
September 1, 2001	Paradise		MGM Grand Garden Arena
September 2, 2001
September 5, 2001	Oakland		Oakland Arena
September 6, 2001
September 9, 2001	los Angeles		Staples Center
September 13, 2001
September 14, 2001
September 15, 2001

DVD recording

The concert in Detroit was recorded on DVD, which was released worldwide on November 13, 2001 under the title "Drowned World Tour 2001 - Live in Detroit". 144,000 copies of the DVD were sold in the USA, and this includes a photo gallery in addition to the entire concert.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Few Hits, Many Costumes At Madonna Tour Launch on mtv.com
2. ^ Neo-Punk, Geisha-Anime, Country-Western Latin and Ghetto / Urban.